The S.T.F. Files, Book 1: S.T.F.

The Place Only We Know

Aly's POV 

11 years ago (so we are 5 yrs. old) 

"Aly! Aly! Come on!" Riza shouts. 

"Coming!" I call. Yep, Riza was my best friend. We were always best friends. Practically inseparable. 

"Theresa! It's time to come home!" Riza's mom shouts. 

"I will see you later Aly. Come outside tomorrow," Riza smiles. 

"Okay!" I say. I walk down the street, heading home.It was a little dark outside but I was fine. Our neighborhood was a very quiet one. Nothing really happens here. 

"Psst. Hey you!" a voice calls. 

"Huh?" I ask. 

"Yeah, you. I need help!" the voice says. I walk over and the person drags me in the alley and covers their hand on my mouth. 

"Llll mmmm mmm," my voice is muffled. 

"Let go of my twin!" Ulison cries. She takes a running start and fights with the man. The man grasps me tightly and I wince in pain. 

"Ow!" I scream. 

"Oh, now you're gonna get it!" Ulison yells. She attacks the man with rocks and screams into the night. People start walking out of their houses to see the problem. 

"Shut up kid!" the man kicks Ulison square in the chest. She has the wind knocked out of her. Instead of getting off the ground, she kicks her feet up and screams again. 

"STRANGER! STRANGER! 911! STRANGER! DANGER! 911!" Ulison chants. 

"Damn kid!" the man lets me go and runs off before any adults could find him. 

"Ulison! Are you okay? Oh, no. This is all my fault," I start crying. 

"You are such a crybaby," Ulison smiles. "A few scratches won't hurt me. I'd do anything for my sister." I smile back with tears. 

Ever since that day, I would follow Ulison around and do whatever she wanted. We were like in our little place, the place only we knew. Others would leave us alone or back away when we looked at them. I felt lonely but at the same time I loved being with my sister like this. Until the incident happened. That was when we were 13. 

"You know what Aly. I've had enough. I mean like I don't care that you're my lap dog or anything but..." Ulison yells at me. 

"I am not anyone's lap dog and I will never be," I defend. 

"Yeah right. You're just a nuisance," Ulison smirks. 

"And you're just a wannabe. I could kill you on the spot if I wanted," I tell her. 

"Kill me? You live for me. Your momma brought you in this world, but I can take you out of it," Ulison sneers. 

"Try me bitch!" I scream at her. 

We fight for a long time. Having twins fight is not a good thing, considering that you're evenly matched. But for us, being twins and having special power, that was not a good thing. A kick at her, with the same force back on you. It was never ending. 

"If you can't fight me for real then I will," Ulison charges for me. 

"Sure. Come at me," I get into a fighting stance. But then, it was like my whole world froze. I had broken my ankle and couldn't move. As result, I received full impact of Ulison's punches. Once I was on the ground and couldn't get back up, I never saw Ulison's face again. 

I had gone to the hospital shortly afterwards though. When they tries to give me a checkup, my mom refused and said that we would take the bandages when I looked at her. Yeah, my parents and brothers were scared of me. But they were more scared of Ulison. And I wanted to kill Ulison.

But that was before I.... 

End 

I gasp as I wake up. 

"What? What happened? Was it your dream?" Damien asks. 

"It's nothing. Just nothing," I look at my hands. They were still trembling with the thoughts. That time. The time when Ulison turned me in. Well the first time. And the 2 years it took me to escape. I couldn't be in that hole anymore. But I didn't want Ulison to suffer the same fate again.